Biography
Honors & Awards
Empire 8 President's List (2022-23)
Empire 8 First Team All-Conference (2023)
Empire 8 Player of the Week (5/2/2022)
Empire 8 President's List (Fall 2020, Spring 2020)
2023 Season
Played in 25 games with 23 starts for the Soaring Eagles and was named to the Empire 8 First Team All-Conference squad...Batted .367 with 29 hits, 14 runs batted in, five doubles, two triples, and seven runs scored...Defensively he recorded 95 put-outs and 13 assists for a .982 fielding percentage...Opened the season with an eight-game hitting streak that included three multi-hit performances...Finished the season with nine hits and five RBI over his final five games including a pair of three-hit performances against St. John Fisher (4/29) and Keuka (5/6).
2022 Season
Started all 35 games that he played in for Elmira...Batted .309 with 34 hits, 19 runs scored, 19 runs batted in, and 24 walks...Set the program record for walks after recording the 64th of his career early in the season...Recorded a 3-hit game against Cazenovia (3/26)...Set a single-season program record with six RBIs against Sage (5/1) and matched the single-game mark with five hits...Followed with a 4-for-4 performance against Wells (5/3) and was named the E8 Player of the Week.
2021 Season
Made 30 starts while appearing in 32 games for the Soaring Eagles...Batted .255 with 24 hits, 19 runs scored, 17 runs batted in, and 25 walks...Delivered three RBIs and a double against Keuka (4/10)...Recorded an 8-game hitting streak from 3/25 through 4/10 that included 10 hits, 7 RBIs, 4 extra base hits, and 9 walks...Finished 2-for-4 with one RBI and three runs scored against St. John Fisher (4/28)...Hit his second collegiate home run against Keuka (5/2).
2020 Season
Made nine starts behind the plate and one at DH during the shortened 2020 campaign...Amassed six hits, including a double, with two RBIs and three runs scored...Gunned down three runners attempting to steal...Opened the spring with hits in four consecutive games, going 2-for-6 with one RBI in two games against Brandeis (2/17, 2/19) and 2-for-7 with one RBI vs. Bates (2/17, 2/18)...Stroked a double against McDaniel (2/29)...Scored twice in the opening half of a doubleheader at Stevenson (3/1).
2019 Season
Started 25 of his 26 games during his second stint with the Soaring Eagles...Recorded a .211 batting average with 16 hits, including five doubles and his first collegiate home run...Drove in 12 runs and scored 12 more...Behind the plate he finished with a .968 fielding percentage and threw out eight baserunners...Broke out at the plate in the 2019 home opener vs. Houghton (3/29), going 2-for-2 with a home run, four RBIs and three runs to lead EC to a 12-5 victory...It was the start of a season-long five-game hit streak, during which he amassed seven hits and eight RBIs....Went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBIs, and two runs in a 10-4 triumph over Utica (5/5).
2018 Season
Saw time in 18 games and started five as a freshman...Batted .125 with three hits in 24 at-bats, two RBIs and one run scored...Made his collegiate debut with a pinch-hit at-bat against Huntingdon (2/20)...Logged his first hit against Empire 8 foe Stevens (4/5), going 1-for-2 in his second start...Had a season-high two hits with one RBI in an 18-10 win over Wells (4/24)...Drove in a run in an 11-3 victory vs. SUNY Canton (4/29).
Before Elmira
A multi-sport athlete, lettering in baseball, basketball and football at Gananda High School in Walworth, New York...Was a four-year member of the varsity baseball team and the starting catcher for three seasons...Captained the team as a senior and helped the Panthers reach the Section V semifinals for the first time in 18 years...Led the team in doubles, triples and on-base percentage during his senior campaign in 2017...Earned Wayne County All-Star accolades on two occasions and was crowned the league's Offensive Player of the Year in 2015.
Personal
Jourdan is a Psychology and Human Services major.
